Mahendra singh dhoni autobiography featuring

Columnist Biswadeep Ghosh's book on Mahendra Singh Dhoni makes an effort to chronicle the life story of Ranchi's favourite son but ends up repeating much of what is already known of the man, says G. Price : Rs Ever since he made his international debut in and went on to become a hugely popular cricketer — even surpassing the likes of Sachin Tendulkar in popularity charts — the story of Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been known to all those who follow the sport.

He's the man who has made Ranchi a world-famous name through his exploits on the field, the man who is the only captain to lift all the three world titles — the over World Cup, the World T20 and Champions Trophy — the man who has made some unthinkable decisions on the field, some of which have succeeded while some others have not… there is nothing that is unknown about Dhoni's public life.

The page MSD: The Man, The Leader is Pune-based freelance writer and columnist Biswadeep Ghosh's first attempt at a sports book — he has previously written biographies of actors and two books of fiction for young adults. It is a well-tried effort to chronicle the life story of Ranchi's most famous son from his school days through to his days in Kharagpur, where he was recruited by South Eastern Railway on sports quota, and to his retirement from Tests in end.

But the book leaves a lot to be desired.

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Ghosh has interviewed those who have known Dhoni from his childhood days, including his coaches and teammates. He also writes that almost everyone in Ranchi seems to know a lot about Dhoni. A majority of the book has extracts from various publications and match-reports that gives one a feeling that this book is nothing but a compilation of newspaper clippings in a small, bound form that you could carry in your pocket.

The book has covered almost all the international series that Dhoni has played in, summarising his performances and supporting them by the captain's post-match quotes, something that is routine for journalists filing copies at the end of each day's play. This being a biography, one would have wished to read beyond mundane match reports that are available on the internet.